2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (355+ words) The BDN Editorial Board operates independently from the newsroom, and does not set policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. Twenty-five years ago, America was shaken to our core. A seemingly…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (625+ words) U.S. Sen. Susan Collins is again putting distance between her and President Donald Trump, with a spokesperson saying this week that the Maine Republican believes his plans for a 250-foot-tall triumphal arch should go through Congress. The argument echoes Collins’ position…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (393+ words) Democrat Troy Jackson is leading U.S. Sen. Susan Collins by 3 percentage points among likely Maine voters in a CNN poll released Wednesday, the latest in a string of surveys with similar findings in the crucial race. The poll, conducted by the…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (374+ words) The Trump administration is preparing to restructure the National Park Service, granting major parks influence over the agency’s smaller or less popular sites, according to reporting by NOTUS, a Washington DC-based media outlet. The news of restructuring comes at a…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (717+ words) A longtime Maine fiddler and violinmaker who was viewed as one of the best in the country has died. Jonathan Cooper, who had a Portland shop for decades, died just before dawn on Labor Day, his wife, Liz Bieber, wrote…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (466+ words) Affordability and concerns about the Trump administration were major themes for Democratic candidates and voters in eastern Maine on Labor Day. Democrats Troy Jackson, Matt Dunlap and Hannah Pingree, who are all running in high-profile races, focused on those themes…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (300+ words) Sean Frost trapped a 638-pound bear Friday, using a Maine Bear Snare, a pipe cable restraint designed by Chris Hill. Frost, of Skowhegan, brought the bear to Berry’s General Store in West Forks to be registered. “We opened in 1963. I…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (538+ words) For what is believed to be the first time ever, four University of Maine field hockey games and one women’s soccer game will be broadcast on WVII ABC 7 or WFVX Fox 22 this season. The sister stations have aired a handful…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (438+ words) The hospital has fought for 10 years to maintain the unit, but ultimately, a chronically understaffed unit threatens the safety of the women and babies it serves.”... The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (468+ words) Through July of this year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested 488 people in Maine, according to federal data obtained and published by the Deportation Data Project. That’s already well above the total for all of last year, when the agency…...